'The Nightmare Before Christmas' is my number one biggest influence artistically in every way.

I love contrast in music. Being inspired by classical, actually - in high school especially - classical and metal both, I remember having this cool realization that they are really similar. It's just different instrumentation.

I love my cats more than I love most people. Probably more than is healthy.

I dream crazy vivid dreams. Like, entire movies. And sometimes I write songs about them.

I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn't, I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don't think any of my relatives are surprised.

The way that I've always gone about making music, the rule of thumb, has just been to make what I love.

I want to work with kids. I would love to be a teacher.

I design a lot of things that I wear onstage, but I'm always looking for unique stuff. I like creative things, so anything I can find at a secondhand costume shop to a Helmut Lang store, it doesn't matter - just unique stuff.

I love tiny, plastic realistic food magnets. I don't know why. They're hilarious.